Search Results: Titles starting with J from Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA

New York: Macmillan Company, 1911. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding. 12mo. xx, [2], 468, [6 (ads)] pp., frontis, plate. First edition, signed and inscribed by Gordon. In publisher's cloth. Bottom corner of the front board is bumped, two other corners are softened; a clean, bright binding; a couple of leaves dog-eared with some soiling, including the half title, otherwise a clean copy. This copy has been warmly inscribed by Gordon to Eppa Hunton, Jr. who was the son of the Confederate General Eppa Hunton as well as a founding partner of the Richmond, VA law firm Hunton & Williams (now Hunton Andrews & Kurth). A nice association of a book that Nevins calls, "a complete, balanced study of the Alabama politician and congressman; based on Curry's papers, including many of his letters" CWB II, 36.

Boston: DeWolfe and Fiske Company, 1899. Hard Cover. Fair binding. Quarto. [32] pp., illus, plates. As issued, backed in cloth with boards; front cover with a chromolithographic title vignette. Front cover is heavily soiled and abraded at the bottom near the spine with damage to the cover chromolithograph; binding is generally rubbed; early 20th century gift inscription on the front free endpaper; finger soiling and toning throughout, but primarily to the first third of the book; three full page chromolithographs are very nice, only one has minimal finger soiling to the margin. Uncommon with beautiful chromolithographs and numerous in-text illustrations throughout by Wetherbee, Ford, and Speed.

Easthampton: Warwick Press, 1988. Original Wrappers. Very Good+ binding. Octavo. [20] pp. Limited edition, one of 100 copies. Signed by Weil and Blinn at the colophon. As issued, sewn into elegant pastepaper wrappers.

University of Alabama Press, 1984. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Octavo. xiv, 3230 pp. First edition. As issued, in publisher's cloth. Light shelfwear, only. A handful of pages with small ink check marks in the margin, otherwise clean. A surprisingly uncommon biography of the former Virginia governor and politician.

Virginia Beach, VA: Donning Company Publishers, 1997. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/Very Good+ dust jacket. Octavo. 640 pp., frontis, illus. First edition. In publisher's imitation leather with dust jacket. A bright, fresh copy.

New York: Oxford University Press, 1965. Soft Cover. Very Good binding. Octavo. xvi, 842 pp., plates. Reprint. Signed and inscribed by Ellmann on the half title. Trade paperback; all plates are present as called for. Light sheflwear, only; spine a trifle sunned; contents clean. A nice copy of an early paperback printing of Ellmann's National Book Award-winning biography, here signed and inscribed by the author to D. H. Lawrence scholar Keith Cushman.

Richmond: L. B. Tatum | printed by Dispatch Steam Printing House, 1886. Original Wrappers. Fair binding. 12mo. 80 pp., illus. Fifth edition, revised. Stitched binding, lacking the original wrappers and three leaves of advertisements at the end. Includes six full page illustrations, one of which is a map of Dutch Gap canal. Other engravings of St. John's Church in Richmond, Libby Prison, an iconic view of the bend in the James River below the city. Preliminary leaves and the final leave are soiled, but the contents are fairly clean. Original issued in 1878, this was updated annually. Despite regular editions, it remains an uncommon piece of Virginiana with many local advertisements. Haynes 3338.

Santa Rosa, CA: Calliopea Press, 1981. Original Wrappers. Very Good+ binding. Octavo. [32] pp. Limited Edition, one of 400 copies bound in printed wrappers. Light shelfwear, only. The first book by a prolific Pennsylvania poet.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1993. Spiral Bound. Very Good+ binding. Quarto. Spiral bound with paper-over-board covers. A clean bright copy with previous owner name inside the front cover. A wonderful book with reproductions of articles and reviews of Johns's work throughout the decades as well as come nice reproductions of Johns's art, some folding.

Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Library, 1950. Soft Cover. Good binding. Octavo. xii, 343, [3] pp. First edition. Signed and inscribed by Berkley, Jr. In printed wrappers. Spine sunned and stained; evidence of moisture exposure to the spine and along the very bottom edge of the front wrapper; visible in the very inner margin of the preliminaries, otherwise the text itself is clean; one page opening has offsetting from a piece of newsprint used as a page marker; a serviceable copy signed and inscribed by Berkley, Jr, to Eppa Hunton IV, grandson of Confederate Generals Eppa Hunton and William Payne.

Lynchburg, VA: J. P. Bell Company, 1900. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 12mo. 96 pp., illus. First edition. In publisher's cloth with seal on the front cover. Spine a bit toned; light wear to the spine ends and corners, but largely a clean, bright copy; textblock is a little bit shaken. Illustrations and portraits thoughout. A nice history of this prestigious university. Uncommon in this the first edition. Haynes 13764.

Charlottesville, VA: Michie Company, 1915. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding. 12mo. 96, [6 (index, ads)] pp., illus. Second edition. In publisher's blue cloth with title in gold on the front cover. A very nice copy but for the gold stamped title that is tarnishing to copper. A nice history of this prestigious university with many illustrations. Uncommon in this condition. Haynes 13766.

Cullman, AL: Mulberry River Press, 1998. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/Very Good+ dust jacket. Octavo. xix, [1], 347 pp., frontis, facsims, illus. First edition. Signed and inscribed by Morris and additionally signed by McClary on the title page. In publisher's cloth with dust jacket. A bright, fresh copy.

New York: Jewish Theological Seminary of America, 1952. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Octavo. xiv, 240 pp. First edition. Green cloth with title stamped in red and gold on the spine; rubbing to the extremities but primarily to the spine ends. Offsetting from a newsclipping on two pages else an internally clean copy warmly inscribed by Goodblatt on the front free endpaper.

Atlanta: Whitehall Press, 1955. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Octavo. xii, [2], 400 pp., frontis, plates. First edition. In publisher's cloth, lacking the dust jacket; all plates are present as called for. A fairly fresh copy with just a bit of toning at the spine; contents clean. "An admiring study; the author viewed Gordon as a 'national pacificator,' pledged to a reconciliation of the sections" CWB II, 93.

Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1973. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding/near Very Good dust jacket. Octavo. xiii, [3], 312 pp., plates. First edition. In publisher's cloth with dust jacket. Binding is quite bright; scant and light ink marginal bracketing to the first half otherwise clean; dust jacket is chipped at the head of the spine; spine is toned; lighter toning to the perimeters of the panels; price intact on the front flap.

Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 1982. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/Very Good+ dust jacket. Octavo. xi, [3] 239, [2] pp., frontis. First edition. Signed and inscribed by McMurry on the title page. As issued, in publisher's cloth with dust jacket. A bright copy with very minor impression to rear panel of the jacket and correspondingly on the rear board; light chipping to the jacket at the head of the spine.

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003. Hard Cover. Very Good+ binding/Very Good+ dust jacket. Octavo. xx, 648, [2] pp. First edition, first printing. Publisher's cloth backed boards in dust jacket. A fresh copy and clean but for a previous owner name on the front free endpaper; dust jacket is only a trifle shelfworn; price intact on the front flap.

Georgetown University Press, 1945. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Octavo. xxvi, 244 pp., frontis, facsims, maps (endpapers). First edition, signed by Durkin on the verso of the half title. In publisher's cloth but lacking the dust jacket. Light wear to the binding including some softening to the corners and spine ends; light tideline to the bottom corner of the frontispiece else clean. Though without indication, this copy from the library of the family of Eppa Hunton and likely first belonged to Eppa Hunton IV, grandson of the Confederate General and U.S. Senator of the same name. Nevins writes, "The revealing and penetrating observations of August, 1862-July, 1863, campaigning with teh Army of Northern Virginia; the cultured Dooley was a member of the 8th Virginia" CWB I, 82.

Brockport, NY: BOA Editions, 1989. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/Very Good dust jacket. Octavo. xvi, 499, [1] pp. First Edition. As issued in full cream cloth with title in gold on the spine; a fresh, clean copy in lightly shelfworn/soiled dust jacket.